Learning the city [electronic resource] : knowledge and translocal assemblage / Colin McFarlane.

1st ed.

9781405192828 (hardback)
9781405192811 (paperback)
9781444343403 (ePDF)
9781444343434
9781444343410 (ePub)
9781444343427 (mobi)
9781444343403 (e-book)

Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

English

xi, 218 p. : ill.

HT361 .M42 2011eb

303.3/2

"Learning the City critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urbanism. It argues both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and for a resurgence of learning that represents a critical opportunity to develop a progressive international urbanism. The author combines the result of his fieldwork conducted in Mumbai and other regions with a synthesis of the most current theoretical research on knowledge, space, and materiality to show how learning should be viewed as central to the production and politics of cities. In doing so, he deploys the analytic of assemblage to explain the complex processes through which knowledge and learning enable and limit various forms of urbanism. This groundbreaking work examines learning as a practice, explores learning as tactics, and reveals how learning is intrinsic to the shape of political imaginaries, strategies, and contestations. A critical discussion of the types of learning environments that may facilitate more socially just urbanisms is also included. Provocative, timely, and fraught with scholarly rigor, Learning the City offers invaluable insights into the role of learning in urban developmental studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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